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• How to Find Money

  One writer’s hopes for a booming gusher of unclaimed greenbacks.

  May 02, 2000

• Yankees, Go File!

  Time is up for New England taxpayers. A one-day extension to file returns ends today and federal tax forms must be in the mail by midnight April 18, 2000.

  Apr 18, 2000

• Online diet roundup: Week 7

  Our dieters tell us of their seventh week progress with online diet clubs.

  Mar 24, 2000

• The Fed taps the brakes again with .25 percent rate hike

  Federal Reserve Board policy-makers raised interest rates for the fifth time since last June on March 21. The move is designed to slow the economy enough that inflation doesn’t get out of control.

  Mar 21, 2000

• What this latest hike means for you

  Federal Reserve Board policy-makers raised interest rates for the fifth time since last June on March 21. The move is designed to slow the economy enough that inflation doesn’t get out of control.

  Mar 21, 2000

• Interview with futurist David Pearce Snyder

  America’s foremost futurist, David Pearce Snyder, on stocks, predicting and Fruit of the Loom.

  Mar 03, 2000

• Get your tax forms in order

  Common tax filing mistakes could cost you money. Number 7: forgetting to include all your forms and attachments when you send in your return.

  Feb 28, 2000
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  After the scandal: Congress now banks like the rest of us

  Our elected representatives, stung by the House banking scandal in 1992, now have to rely on a pair of credit unions.

  Feb 22, 2000

• Property taxes explained

  Community services, such as police and schools, are funded through property taxes. How much do you know about the taxes on your home?

  Feb 03, 2000

• Have the rate hikes worked? Not yet, say observers

  The Federal Reserve Board decided on Feb. 2 that even higher rates were needed to slow the economy. It raised both the federal funds rate and federal discount rate by 25 basis points.

  Feb 02, 2000